Glare shield



Sept. 22, 1936. 1 PEAVEY 2,055,386

GLARE SHIELD Filed Dec. 29, 1934 Patented Sept. 22, 1936 PATENT OFFICE 2,055,386; GLARE SHIELD Josephs-L; Peavey, Meridian, Miss. v Application December 29, 1934,-.Serial No. 759,775

s claims. (o1. 2f- 12) Thisinvention relates tdirnprovernents in` glare shields, and its objects. are as follow-z First, to provide a; glare `shieldfwhich has fan:

opaque (or substantially.;soilzbrdge. piece in an i overshadowing` orl shading position-across i and edges. of :the bridge piecegafnd plate.:being:-.offsetA so as to exposefonly,` ainarrowstrip cf the plate` 'throughA which-,atogrlookginV o1'r:ler,.t,01` diminish; the glare when notftoo severe,:Y the` bridge ,piece Abeing 5 brought across `the line'of vision bya further drop of `the :head pwhen theglare zbecomesdan.- gerouslywstrongr4 f Third, to provide -a glareshield which has a,

foreheadpadandarrso-called nose balancer, these two parts ;coacting inimaintaining theVA position of they-shield:with-.aghigh degree.of..comfort to.. the wearer; and beingof-fespecial value toi wearers of-eye glasses :inasmuch: as theywspace the Ygoggle plate rfrorncthe@ 1wearer-sgiace-in .front oi his,A eye glasses-andprevent the elastic cordrompressing the .glare shield againstgzthe` eye glasses.;

Fourth, torfprovidefagglare shieldfgparticularly adaptedi150,-,` persona-.who are` compelled .zito wear eyev g1asses,-while driving;` the,.structure of the.

" drivers head-swilhnot press;hiszglassesragainst hiseyes.

Fifth,. to provide the opaque bridge piece as,

a; separate; element so that, `it can?. be .applied torthe visor of; :angeye :shade or the like V,in order to enable theprogressive,stoppingcof the; glare. Other objects: andiadyantagestwill `appear. in. the followngrspecication;, reference :being` had tol the accompanying drawing in iwhich;A

Figure 1 aperspective f view illustrating the general aspects of the-improvedglare shielda `liigurefZ is` ,faacrosssection-.tekenen the line 2;-2 "Lof-.Figuref1,V but illustratingrthef glarefshield structure as funmounted; upon the face-of `the vFigure 3 isa side-.elevation especiallyfillustratf. ing r; how; the :forehead and noseibalancerrspace the goggle plate from theeye-,glahsses .ofthe wearer.

Figure Agis a rearzelevation Ofgthe glare shield. ,Y Figure 57; is ay. detailgl;perspectiye= view of the gogeleqplatefand; .if;.rirnrtrimming.sev j Figure-,legislaperspective wievw of- .-.aniiordinary eye shade;z illustrating 4,the application.. of lthe 55 opaque Joridgerpieces:

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shield f., being such that its applicationi; to they The instant invention -isan improvement-on` theglare shield of Joseph .L. Peavey, disclosed in an application for patent led September 6, 1933, Serial No. 688,371 which Ihas since eventu` ated in Patent No. 1,985,668 of December 25, 1934. Somuchy of the structure as is common to the two. glare shieldsu :is Abrieflyv described` as follows: The glare shield generally designated comprises vright and left sides .2, 3, corresponding with the right and left eyes of the wearer. A part iconnects the two.sides andleavesa noseopening `5,- the two sides 2, 3 and .the part 4 being formed, preferably, from a single piece of transparent, green (or otherdesired color) Celluloid, (orequivalentmaterial) herein known `,as the goggle plates.

This Yplate has eye openings 1, 8 in the respectivelsides 2, 3. From this point on the structure ofthe instant goggle plate is different from that inthe patent, the one-,remaining feature of ecmmon. identityw'bleing an. elasticcord 9 byiwhichthe glare shield `is held in place. The ends o-fthis cord are suitably attached to soft leather couplings iliwhich are turnably riveted at ll to the glare shield as shown.

l Reverting to the goggle plate 6 (Fig. 5), the

top; edgeslZ of the-eye openings 1, 8 are formed on a` slant which, from the Viewpoint. of the wearer is ,upwards from left to-right. i This arrangement emplaces, moreA of the colored `Vmaterial of the :goggle plate in the line ofvision at the left side of the driver, and leaves practically a'full andcleareyeopening on the sidenearest theright of the` road. The top edges ,I2 are parallel, and the two eye openings are of 4identical shape and size. u-shapedtrimrnings' I3, secured totherims of,the openings .1, 8.-as'at I4,not only` serve trimmingsbut reinforce the rims aswell and,. further, actas spacers as presently appearsf i A so-called nosefbalancer i5 is attachedto the part Lof the goggle plate. Its showing isr omitted in Figure 5. It comprises a strip- I6 of celluloid. l Its free end hasacork orequvalent pad Il which-issecured zthereto, at i8 imposition to contact'.the. bridge of the wearers` nose.` The strip, I6 isherein disclosed-gasfbeing attached-.to the-part! by rneans of a riv etA I\9:.l(Fig.-2 but the; strip; maybe made.l integral with, the. part 4 in,any,way thatwill insure. itsflexibility. V'Ifo thatuenclthel strip -I6:can=be,formed as-,an in.` tegral dependingtongue extending from: the part Minto the-.nose-,opening-g, and itis believed that this,-. ccmnstruction-` can` be visualized.` so y readily as. not :tof` requirevspecic; illustration.l

An opaque (or substantially so) bridge piece 20 is secured t0 the front of the transparent goggle plate B by the same tubular rivets I I which hold the couplings I0. These rivets go through a backing strip 2| (Fig. VIl), the purpose of this strip being to strengthen the glare shield transversely to that degree which will ordinarily prevent the elastic cord V9 from bending it into arc form andundesirably pressing the shield against kso Vthe goggle plate It. Y Y `balancer is'situated between the upright memthe eye glasses 22ofthe wearenr 'Whether or not the backing strip2I`is used in. practice, the glare shield isl intended to be sufliciently strong in the transverse direction to resist an objectionable degree of bending under tension of the cord 9.,

VThe bridge piece 29 is ordinarily made of celluloid, but as to this any desired opaque equivalent can be used. That edge 23 which comesover the eye opening 1 (Fig. 1) is straight across', whilethe other edge 24 which comes over the eye opening 8 is made on a slant the vsarne'as theedgeV I 2. Both edges 23,-Y 24, whether the edge 23 is straight or notare offset -from'the edges I2 so as to expose only narrow strips 25 of the goggle plate 6' through which the wearer will look by tilting his head forwardly a little in order to diminish the glare of lights ahead. Should the glare reach dangerous proportions he will tilt his fhead forward a 'little Vfarther so as to bring the edges 23, 24 down'upon the glare, so to speak, and diminish it even more.

A center lip 26, centrally pendent from vthe bridge lpiece-2l), assumes a restricting position with respect to the nose balancer I5, keeping the flexibility ofthe 'latter in check so that it will not tend to yield too freely when the glare shield is emplaced as in Figure 1. The center lip may have an initial flare las illustrated in Figures 1, 2 and 3 so as to afford the nose balancer unrestrained flexibility within the'space designated 21 (Fig. 2). But whether or not the center lip will be ared is a matter of choice in manufacture.

vvAt this point the spacing function of the trimmingsIS will become apparent. V'Their free ends 28 (Fig. 5) extend well toward the topV edge of The strip I6 of the nose bers of the adjacent trimmings. The outer surfaces of thetrimmings and the nose balancer strip are, therefore, on a comrrronlevel.V This enables the application of the bridge vpiece 2 on a well distributed support, the nose balancer strip being situatedin the center space provided by the vgoggle plate on back, the bridge piece 20 on front, andthe -adjacent members of the trimnings I3 on the sides.

VIn1the event that the strip I6 is made solid with the goggle plate, for example by slitting the part 4 and making the strip depend into the nose opening 5, there would not be 'anyV needA for spacers, and in that case the trimmings I3 can be left off. It would be regarded as a mere matterV of selection tothen make the goggle A'plate a little that the tensionl of the elastic cord 9 will not press the glare shieldagainst the eye glasses'22, and

in turn press the eye glasses against the eyes of the wearer.

Another outstanding feature of the instant glare shield is the opaque bridge piece 2U. It is intended to make this as a separate element without regard to its being combined in a glare shield of the type shown in Figure 1. When thus disassociated from the glare shield it becomes capable of embodiment in the transparent ce1- luloid visor of-some types of hats, caps and eye shades familiar tof-almost everyone. Figure 6 illustrates one such embodiment. Here the eye shade 33 includesI a transparent, colored Celluloid visor 34 across which the opaque bridge piece ZIla is secured both at the ends as at 35 and by means of a set of center rivets 36 which go through the ,visor and into a backing pad 3'I.

The right and left edges 38 and 39 (equivalent to. 23, 24,- Fig. 1) are, respectively, straight and on a slant, the object being to afford the saine glareA control as is afforded bythe -arrangement in Figure 1, there being -thesame combination of an opaque covering bridge piece, with a transparent,colored substance beneath the lower edge, the use of the'two enabling a'progressive diminution and cutting out of the glare from lights ahead..v v .Y

The operation is readily understood. When the glare shield in Figure 1 is applied to the wearers head the tension Aof theelastic'cord 9 naturally presses the pad 29 against hisforehead Since this pad stands out from the back of the goggle plate 6 it follows that the plate is spaced away from the face of the wearer. The nose balancer I5 will be adjusted to the most comfortable position, and the twopads working together make it possible to apply the glare shield in' an evenly balanced and comfortable position.

Thespacing away of the goggle plate has several advantages, to wit, the spaceprovides'for an ample circulation of adr so that the wearer will not be uncomfortably lheated about the eyes. The spacing feature makes the glare shield especially adaptable to persons wearing eye glasses. The glare shield will not be pressed against the eye glasses, nor the eyeglasses against the eyes of the wearer and therefore smeared.

Y Ordinarily the driver will look through the clear` eye openings 1, 8..- Should he approach glaring lights, for example the lights of oncomling'head lamps or the light of the sun, he needs only to tilt his head forwardly a little, and perhaps a little to the left, in order to bring the narrow strips 25 across the line of vision. Should these strips prove insufficient to cut out the glare toa comfortable degree he 'has only to tilt his head a little moreirinorder to bring the edges 23, 24 across the line of glare. It is merely amatter of adjusting the positionrof the-head first diminishing the glare and then cutting it out entirely, in order to progressively control the glarel as it aiects the eyes of the'we'arer ofthe glare shield. `The identical 'functions just described obtain in the structure and use of a glare shield of the type in Figure 6, whether this be an eye shield as shown, or some 'other similar type of Visori The wearer of the eye shadecan Control the glare in the same manner as pointed-out..

I `clairml Y 1..A glare shield comprising 'a goggle plate of transparent colored material, saidV plate Yhaving rightand left sides: witheye'lopenings,` and an opaque bridge piece attachedto the goggle plate, said bridglpiecelhavi'ng itsbottom edges offset above and forwardly from the Vtop edges vof the eye openings so as to expose narrow strips of the plate across the clear parts of said openings.

2. A glare shield comprising a goggle plate having connected right and left sides with eye openings, an opaque bridge piece superposed on the goggle plate, an elastic cord and couplings `by which its ends are attached to the goggle plate and respective sides, a forehead pad adapted to be pressed against the forehead of a wearer by tension of the cord, said pad spacing the sides from the eyes of the wearer, a flexible nose balancer centralized with respect to vsaid sides and contactable with the bridge of the wearers nose, and a center lip centrally pendent from said bridge piece in a restricting position with respect to the nose balancer, said lip being flared to provide a space for initially unrestrained flexing of the nose balancer.

3. A glare shield comprising a goggle plate of transparentY colored material having connected right and left sides with eye openings, an elastic cord and couplings for its ends, the tension of the cord being adapted to press the pad against the forehead of the wearer, an opaque bridge piece across the top of the plate, said bridge piece having its bottom edges offset above and -forwardly from the top edges of the eye openings so as to expose narrow strips of the goggle plate, a backing strip situated transversely of the goggle plate, means to simultaneously connect the bridge piece, goggle plate, couplings and backing strip, and a forehead pad on the back of said strip and bridge piece.

4. A glare shield comprising a goggle plate of transparent colored material having right and left eye openings and a nose opening, an elastic cord and couplings for its ends, a forehead pad adapted to be pressed into contact with the forehead of the wearer by the elasticity of the cord, a nose balancer comprising a flexible strip which has a pad to engage the wearers nose bridge, said strip being centrally carried by the plate in line with the nose opening, a bridge piece having a center lip in a restrictingy position with respect to said strip, and means to simultaneously secure the bridge piece, couplings and goggle plate together.

5. A glare shield comprising a goggle plate of transparent colored material having right and left eye openings and a nose opening, trimming members attached to the rims of the openings and including side portions extending toward the top of the goggle plate, a nose balancer including a strip and a pad, there being means to secure the strip to the plate between adjacent members of the trimmings and in a centralized position in the nose opening, an opaque bridge piece across the top of the plate superimposed on portions of the trimmings and on a part of the strip, a forehead pad on back of the goggle plate, an elastic cord to press the forehead pad against the forehead of the wearer, couplings for the ends of the cord, and means to simultaneously secure the couplings, goggle plate and bridge piece.

6. In a glare shield, a goggle plate of transparent colored material having a central nose opening cut in from one longitudinal edge, and a pair of eye openings, the top edges of said openings being formed on identical slants, 4and a bridge piece of opaque material superposed on said goggle plate across the top of eye openings and away from the slanting edges so as to expose some of the goggle plate, a bottom edge portion of said bridge piece over one eye opening being straight across, another edge portion over the other eye opening being on a slant.

` JOSEPH L. PEAVEY. 

